2 honored for protecting kids

Center to Prevent Abuse raises renovation funds

11:10 PM,
May 2, 2013

Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson, right, and Undersheriff Kirk Imperati pose for a portrait as Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse honors them for their efforts Thursday at Villa Borghese in Wappinger.

Written by

William Shannon
| Poughkeepsie Journal

The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, which provides services for Dutchess County residents, may soon have a new, state-of-the-art facility in the City of Poughkeepsie.

But the center is still more than $200,000 away from its fundraising goal of $1.5 million to renovate the Van Wagner Road building it bought last year, spokeswoman Dana Gavin said.

That fundraising campaign was one of the focuses of a benefit dinner Thursday in Wappingers Falls, which honored Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian "Butch" Anderson and Undersheriff Kirk Imperati for their support of the center and its ...